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Eduardo Girardi

As a software developer I use my background in data science to build tools to help people explore, understand, and work with their data better. I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times, and built packages for R that let you do magic.

Education

PhD., Biostatistics

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

2020 - 2018

B.S., Mathematics, Statistics (minor C.S.)

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

2015 - 2009

  • Thesis: An agent based model of Diel Vertical Migration patterns of Mysis diluviana
  • Focused on computational efficiency, simulation optimization, and interactive model exploration

Research Experience

Undergraduate Researcher

Rubenstein Ecosystems Science Laboratory

University of Vermont

2015 - 2013

  • Analyzed and visualized data for CATOS fish tracking project.
  • Head of data mining project to establish temporal trends in population densities of Mysis diluviana (Mysis).
  • Ran project to mathematically model the migration patterns of Mysis (honors thesis project.)

Undergraduate Researcher

Bentil Laboratory

University of Vermont

2014 - 2013

  • Developed mathematical model to predict the transport of sulfur through the environment with applications in waste cleanup.

Research Assistant

Adair Laboratory

University of Vermont

2013 - 2012

  • Independently analyzed and constructed statistical models for large data sets pertaining to carbon decomposition rates.

Industry Experience

While most recently I have had the job title of “software engineer”, I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from journalist to data scientist. Ultimately categorization is hard.

Software Engineer

Posit

Remote

2023 - 2020

  • Part of team who created Shiny for Python, a ground-up rewrite of R’s Shiny framework in Python

Data Journalist - Graphics Department

New York Times

New York, New York

2016

  • Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
  • Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.
  • Developed interactive, data-dense visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of users




Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.

Javascript for Shiny Users

RStudio::conf 2020

N/A

2020

Statistical Computing in R

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Department

Nashville, TN

2017

  • TA and lectured
  • Covered introduction to R language for statistics applications
  • Graduate level class

Selected Data Science Writing

I regularly blog about data science and visualization on my blog LiveFreeOrDichotomize.

Using AWK and R to Parse 25tb

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2019

  • Achieved 4,800x performance improvement for large-scale genomic data processing.
  • Reached top of HackerNews multiple times

Classifying physical activity from smartphone data

RStudio Tensorflow Blog

N/A

2018

  • Walk through of training a convolutional neural network to achieve state of the art recognition of activities from accelerometer data.
  • Contracted article.

Selected Press (About)

Great paper? Swipe right on the new ‘Tinder for preprints’ app

Science

N/A

2017

  • Story of the app Papr made with Jeff Leek and Lucy D’Agostino McGowan.

Swipe right for science: Papr app is ‘Tinder for preprints’

Nature News

N/A

2017

  • Second press article for app Papr.



Selected Press (By)

The Great Student Migration

The New York Times

N/A

2016

  • Most shared NYT article of August 2016, demonstrating ability to create engaging UIs.
  • Used d3.js to realtime render 100 maps for personalized inspection for readers.

Wildfires are Getting Worse, The New York Times

The New York Times

N/A

2016

  • GIS analysis and modeling of fire patterns and trends
  • Data in collaboration with NASA and USGS

Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks

Asymmetric Linkage Disequilibrium: Tools for Dissecting Multiallelic LD

Journal of Human Immunology

N/A

2015

  • Authored with Richard Single, Vanja Paunic, Mark Albrecht, and Martin Maiers.

An Agent Based Model of Mysis Migration

International Association of Great Lakes Research Conference

N/A

2015

  • Authored with Brian O’Malley, Sture Hansson, and Jason Stockwell.

Declines of Mysis diluviana in the Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

N/A

2015

  • Authored with Peter Euclide and Jason Stockwell.